The study examined the prevalence of health risk behaviors of high school students in the public and private networks in the municipality of Barra dos Coqueiros, Santa Luiza Island, Sergipe, Brazil. The referring information was collected through self-administered questionnaire. The results showed that 89.2% referred to be sedentary; 32.6% already tried cigarettes; 41.9% consume drunken alcoholic; and 9.1% had experienced some type of illicit drug. These results reinforce the need of new studies of population base, in way to allow better understanding of relationships of the risk behaviors with the social environment of the youth.
Lifestyle; Adolescence; Health Education
